so i bought new wheels for my Trek and when i went to take the front wheel off i can't get it to budge.

the axle nuts come off with no problems but then i am left with this:


the silver rings won't budge or move at all so i can't get the wheel off.

help?

edit: sorry about the pic size

kroil, time, and leverage are your solution.

Yeah, penetrating oil... left over night...

I'd put the axle nut back on (not tight) and whack it with a mallet/rubber handle of wrench.

Or try rocking it back and forth.

Nope nope and nope,there is a beveled washer thats jammed in to the fork's dropout. Just pry it loose and the wheel will come right out.

so just go at it with a screwdriver?

edit yeah they pried right off with a flathead

thanks